“So, that you can view the neighborhoods of New York through the faces of the people that live here,” he said. “You can walk 10 miles north in Manhattan and just walk through 15 or 20 different worlds almost. There’s no better example of diversity than people themselves and that’s what I focus on.”

He’s passing along a lesson he’s learned about a city and its people.

“I’ll have people tell me, when I ask them, ‘Do you know what neighborhood you’re in? You can’t go around asking people for their photos.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, I’ve been doing it for two weeks now and have asked 200 people and haven’t had a problem.’ So, a lot of times it’s people’s perceptions that are off,” he said. “People were generally much nicer and much more open than people realize.”

That’s what every one of his more than 3,000 photos has in common.

“They represent interaction between two complete strangers on the streets of a city that’s, you know, widely known for not being very friendly,” he said.

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